http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/geoff-elliott/ Geoff Elliott is the Media Editor of The Australian. Geoff is a former Washington correspondent for the newspaper _ covering the last years of the Bush Administration and Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. He has more than 20 years experience in the field, starting with The West Australian in his home town of Perth. His career has included stints in Europe and Africa _ Elliott’s time in South Africa in the mid-nineties yielded his first book The Other Brother, The Search for Simon Holmes a Court (Allen & Unwin). He lives in Sydney. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-the-ghost-of-kerry-hanging-over-ten-today/ The Packer name back in the public media fold has caught everyone by surprise. There is a temptation to start dusting off analogies to his father Kerry Packer and his love of Channel Nine; the proprietor who might be given to bark down the phone ordering changes to that night’s line-up. There’s nothing like a mogul roaming the media landscape. Ten was boring until now thanks to an open share registry - an entity in the hands of fund managers who were more interested in EBITDA and price to earnings ratios than the alchemy of making a rip-snorting TV show. Indeed, Ten boasts the most successful TV franchise ever in Masterchef but the thing that has frustrated shareholders is that it hasn’t really translated into stellar gains in the share price _ Ten’s cost structure has risen of late and it’s share price has taken a whack. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Geoff Elliott) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-the-ghost-of-kerry-hanging-over-ten-today/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-the-ghost-of-kerry-hanging-over-ten-today/#item4292 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:25:50 +0000 Geoff Elliott | Author bios | The Punch